BIB_ID
345851
Accession number
MA 365.17
Creator
Bass, Edward, 1726-1803.
Display Date
1802 Dec. 17.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 22.5 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Revd. Dr. Parker / Boston."
Docketed.
Part of a 12-volume collection of Autographs and Manuscripts of Bishops of The Protestant Episcopal Church (MA 364-375). The arrangement of the collection is by Bishops in the order of their consecration and chronological within their portion of the collection. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Docketed.
Part of a 12-volume collection of Autographs and Manuscripts of Bishops of The Protestant Episcopal Church (MA 364-375). The arrangement of the collection is by Bishops in the order of their consecration and chronological within their portion of the collection. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Pointing out that he needs an augmentation of his living since he is procuring an assistant; discussing plans to raise funds for a lawsuit; noting that he will likely die soon, and suggesting that Parker should be his successor.
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